Dem Rep: Congress Ceding Its Constitutional War Authority to Obama

On “Fox News Sunday,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Congress is forfeiting its constitutional responsibility by letting President Barack Obama use the 2001 war authority to go after ISIS in Iraq.

Schiff said, “The president has said this a war, this is going to last years. That is quintessentially something that is the power of congress only to declare, and I think we are really advocating our responsibility. Congress should take up an authorization to use force.”

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He added, “I don’t accept the administration’s argument we can rely on the 2001 AMF which applies to a different conflict against a different enemy at a different time.”